English
trunklike
From trunk + -like.
A compound of trunk + -like
Latin truncus ‘a stock, lopped tree trunk’
Old French tronc ‘alms box, tree trunk, headless body’
Middle English tronke ‘a tree trunk’
English trunk
Today it means
adj Resembling a trunk or proboscis
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / trunklike